Bottle



(No Model.)

W. G. BAUMGARDNER.

BOTTLE.

Patented Sept. 29, 1896.

NITED STATES ATENT FFICE WILLIAM G. BAUMGARDNER, OF MANISTEE, MICHIGAN.

BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 568,509, dated September 29, 1896.

Application filed March 30, 1 896.

To an whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM G. BAUMGARD- NER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Manistee, in the county of Manistee and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottles, and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in bottles, and it has for its objects, among others, to provide a simple and cheap construction of bottle and stopper therefor by which the bottle cannot be refilled without detection and destroying its identity, thus protecting the manufacturers of fine liquors or wines, patent medicines, or any other kind of bottled goods against imposition by unscrupulous persons using the bottles in which the original liquids were put up andselling the same under the name of and under the reputation of the original user of the bottle. At the same time the purchaser or consumer will be protected against being sold an inferior or adulterated article.

It has for a further object to provide a bottle of this character which will be hermetically sealed and the stopper so held within the neck of the bottle that it cannot be withdrawn, and the only way in which the contents of the bottle can be removed is by breaking the neck of the bottle.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear, and the novel features thereof will be specifically defined by the appended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a Vertical. section through the bottle with the stopper in place. Fig. 2 is a view of the outer stopper removed.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts in both views.

Referring now'to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates the bottle, and B its neck. At the junction of the neck with the body portion of the bottle there is formed an Serial No. 585,358. (No model.)

annular groove 0, which renders the bottle thinner at that point than at any other point, so that the neck may be easily broken off by a sharp blow on the neck or by the use of a glass-cutter at the thin portion of the glass.

The neck is formed upon its inner wall with an annular groove D of any desired shape, shown in this instance as half-round, but this shape may be varied, the neck below this groove being preferably tapered as shown and adapted to receive the ordinary cork E and a portion of the metal stopper F,which latter is fitted to'the upper portion of the neck and is formed with an annular groove G of any desired shape and so located with respect to the ends of the stopper that when the latter.

is inserted in the neck of the bottle with its upper end flush with the top of the neck of the bottle the groove G will be coincident with the groove D of the neck, as shown.

The metal stopper is hollow or caved out in its lower part, substantially as shown, and there are openings H,as shown in Figs. 1 and 2,1eading outward from the chambered or hollowed portion I.

In practice the bottle is filled in the usual manner and the cork E inserted at the lower end of the neck, as shown, and the pasteboard diskJ is pressed into the neck firmly down on top of the cork E. Then the neck is partially filled with plaster-of-paris or other quick-hardenin g material and the metal stopper pressed into the neck onto the plaster-ofparis, or cement is forced up into and out through the openings H of the metal stopper and on into the groove D in the neck and the groove G in the metal stopper, and when the cement hardens it firmly binds the stopper within the neck, so that it cannot be removed. Should any small pieces of glass adhere to the cork E after the neck is broken, it will be found an easy matter to remove the same before withdrawing the cork, so as to prevent their falling into the bottle.

What is claimed as new is 1. A bottle formed with a neck having an annular interior groove and a weakened portion at its junction with the body portion of the bottle, and a stopper having a chambered portion with openings leading outward therefrom and having an exterior annular groove foo adapted to be coincident with the groove of in g the stopper within the neck, substantially the neck when the stopper is in position and as and for the purpose specified.

{L cement into which said stopper is pressed, In testimony whereof I have signed this as set forth. specification in the presence of two subscrih- 5 2. The combination with a bottle having a ing witnesses.

leek 1th an int e1 101 ,ioox e, of a 001 c in the WILLIAM G BAUMGARDNER' lower portion of the neck, a stopper having a chambered portion with openings leading itnesses:

outward therefrom and an exterior groove LEMUEL W'ELLMAN, I0 and aceinent filling the two grooves and bind- R. J. 1- NEWCOMBE. 

